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full. My orders and instructions, far from
duplicating you In your fathers ofTenses,
do not even suggest your existence. Let
me help you to your horse"
The girl did not reply. During that
brief interval, however, Caesar had sad
died her white mare and brought it to the
door. Mistress Thankful, disdaining the
offered hand of the major, sprang to the
saddle.
The major still held the reins. zone
moment, Mistress Thankful
"Let me gop' She said, with suppressed
passion.
'One moment, beg"
His hand still held her bride rein. The
mare reared, nearly upsetting her. Grim
son with rage and modification, she raised
her riding whip and laid it smartly over
the face of the man before her.
He dropped the rein instantly Then he
raised to her face calm and cOlorless,
but for a red line extending from his eye
brow to his chin, and said quietly:
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humbly protest might be as honorably
initiated by us--on occasion.
at has been said, said Thankful Bios
SON quickly, "that my father has given
entertainment knowingly to two spies
two spies that, begging your excellency's
pardon and the pardon of congress,
know only as two honorable gentlemen
who have as honorably rendered me their
affections. 1t is said, and basely and
most falsely too, that my sweetheart,
Capt. Allan Brewster, has lodged this in
formation. have ridden here to deny it.
l have ridden here to demand of you that
an honest woman's reputation shall not
be sacrificed to the interests of politics;
that prying mob of ragamuf1ins shall
not be sent to an honest farmers house to
spy and spy-and turn poor girl out of
doors that they might do it. Ills shame
full, so it is; therel tits most scandalous,
so it is; there, nowl Spies, indeed! what
are they, pray?'
Gro be continued nert tCeeh)
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81 had no desire to detan you. l only
wished to say that when you see Gen.
Washington 1 know you will be just
enough to tell him that Maj. Van Zandt
knew nothing cf your wrongs, or even
your presence here, until you presented
them, and that since then he has treated
you as became an officer and gentle
man."
Yet even as he spoke she was gone. At
the moment that her fluttering skirt
swept in n furious gallop down the hill
side, the major turned and rc-entered the
house The few lounCing troopers who
We're witnesses of the scene prudently
turned their eyes from the white face and
blazing eyes Of their officer as he strobe by
them. Nevertheless, when the door
closed behind him, contemporary criticism
broke out:
"'1i5 Tory jade veXed that she cannot
bcfool the major as she has the captain"
muttered Sergt. Tibbits.
"And going to try her tricks on the
general" added Private Hicks
IIowbeit 10th these critics may have
been wrong. For as Mistress Thankful
Numbered down the Morristown road she
thought Of many things, She thought of
her sweetheart Allan, prisoner, and pin
ing for her help and her solicitude and yet
how dared hc-if he had really be-
trayCd or misjudged her! And then she
thought bitterly of the count and the
baron, and burned to face the latter, and
in some vague way charge the stolen kiss
upon him as the cause Of all her shame
and modification. And lastly she thought
of her father, and began to hate every
body. But above all and through all, in
her vague fears for her father, in her pas
sionate Indignation against the baron, in
her fretful impatience of Allan, one thing
was ever dominant and obtrusive; one
thing she tried to put away, but could not
the handsome, colorlcss face of Maj
| Van Zandt with the red welt of her rid
ing whip everything its cold outlines
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CHAPTER Ill

The rising wind, which had ridden
much faster than Mistress Thankful, had
increased to a gale by the time it reached
Morristown. 1t swept through the leaf
less naples and ratified the dry bones Of
the elms. 1t whistled through the quiet
Presbyterian churchyard, as if trying to
arouse the sleepers it had known in
days gone by. 1t shook the blank, luster-
less windows Of the Assembly rooms over
the Freemasons' tavern and wrought in
their gusty curtains moving shadows of
those amply petticoated danes and tightly
hosed cavaliers who had swung in ''Sir
Roger" or jagged in "Money Musk" the
night before.
But fancy it was around the isolated
Ford mansion" better known as the
headquarters, that the wind wreaked
its grotcsQue rage. 1t howled under its
scant caves, it sang under its bleak porch,
it twcaEed the peak of its front gable, it
whistlcd through every chink and Granny
of its square, solid, unpicturesque struc-
ture. Situated on a hillside that de-
seconded rapidly to the Whippany river,
tfSIy bullIucI ZCpHyT IudU NIlSpcIcu
through the porches of the Morristown
farm houses charged as q stiff breeze upon
the swinging half doors and windows of
the "Ford mansion;" every wintry wind
became a gale that threatened its security.
The sentry who paced before its front
porch knew from experience when to
linger under its lea and adjust his thread
bare outer coat to the bitter north wind.
Within The house something of this
! checrlessness prevailed. 1t had an ascetic
gloom, which the scant freight of the
reception room and the dying embers on
the dining room hearth failed to dissi-
pate. The central hall was broad, and
furnished plainly with few rush bot
toned chairs, on one Of which half dozcd
| n black body servant Of the commander
! in-chicf Two officers in the dining room,
drawn close iy tie ca.ui,y corner,
chatted in undeItones, as If mindful that
the door Of the drawing room was open,
and their voices might break in upon its
sacred privacy. The swinging light in the
! hall partly Illuminated it, or rather
glanced gloomily from the black polished
furniture, the lusterless chairs, the quaint
cabinet, tho silent spiuot, the skeleton
legged center table, and finally upon the
motonless figure Of man seated by the
fire.
1t was figure since so well known to
the civilized world, since so celebrated IN
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lnvgorate them. When our nights repose
is unsound or undressing, your appetite
jaded or capricious, when slight noises cause
you to start. annoyance of slight moment
abnormally worry you, know three things,
viz: list, That Nour ncryes are weak; I'd
tina ygu ue"i a Tonic; 3l, that its name Is
liOstctteI'> umach BiLlers, the promptrs l.,
safest, most pupuIar article of its class. The
nerves ARE susceptible of IMMIGRATION only
Ivy promoting au increase of vigor in the
processes of digestion and IMMIGRATION.
Narcotics aud sedatives have their utility,
but in the main, ana il their use be continued,
they are unsafe. wineglass of the Bltters
before retiring, and Il repetition of the saue
durlug the day before or after meals. is far
more likely to confer la alta yielding sleep,
tnan repeated doses of an opiate. Dyspepsia
debility. inactivity o. the kidneys aud blad-
der, tet or and ague, and other malarlal COM
10y II.
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built upon the bank of Lake Mendoza,
surrounded by four acres of ground,
finely furnished and having library
which looks out Il Il the water. Villas is
a bool,ish man. lie has 5000 volumes in
his Madison library, and only about one
fourth of these are law books. His library
is made up Of the library proper and Il
workshop in little room at the side Of it.
Villas can look out upon the water as he
writes his briefs, and the chances are that
when he is through he will 60 down and
take row upon the lake. lie j. fond Of
muscular sports, and has IN ice boat with
which lie s'..ns about lie lake in winter.
He Likes ID '"l "Uor e., lay ball ANA ride
horsebaC., lie % scat walker, and
there is rot Il stI,'t in Washington that
his patent feathers .vn not trodden, lie
takes bosom frieui with him on these
tramps, and they often walk five or six
miles at n stretch. His frame is well
toughened, and he has more good hard
muscle to the square inch than any man
in the cabinet. lie likes good horse, and
drives one when he is in Madison. For
fifteen years he lived on farm within n
few miles of the town and drove in and
out every morning.
Has is IL good tall,er. He is full OF
array Stories and his experience as law
yer and statesman has been go extensive
that he has n fund of anecdote, lie likes
tie good things of this life and likes TO
have his friends dine with him. lie is not
'Iail fellow ven met" with every one,
but with ais intimate friends there is
n more compGuionable. lie is well
rec aud keeps up with the current litera-
d.. OF the day He reads the French
am German, ana Lis two lAyurite novel
ii, are George Eliot and Charles Dickens.
.c IS fond of the classics, and when he
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-11
The Klnmnih Indians, Trndc.

The klamath Indians have built up
considerable carrying trade along the
Pacific coast In their largo canoes,
hcwn out Of the SOLID trunks Of immense
trees, they carry dairy and farm products
for the settlers and return with groceries
and osler aupples.-Ncw York sun.
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of the laws of
Wisconsin, and he
has an no tate d
some of its su-
prenc court re-
ports. He likes to
practice, and one
Of his most init
mate friends tells
me that his only
a III b ition is to
h We II large
enough sunicienCy
to make lin indie
| pendent and to
allow him to prac-
tica just enough
TO keep him busy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-11
GOSSIP ABOUT Villas.
HOW THE HEAD OF ALL OUR POST
MASTERS LIVES AND WORKS.
His Business Abilities and His Fortune
In Gogebio Iron-Vi1as rs "A Lawyer.
His Home Iifc--Eminent Public Men
Who Have Become Insane.

VINO have become inSHIe
Especial Correspondcncel
WASHINGTON, Nov al understand
that Postmaster General Villas has made
n fortune out of the GogcEic iron region.
He owns n large amount of land in the
very best part of it, and he bought this
some time before the finds of iron were
made.
Gen. Villas is one of the money making
statesmen of this country. lie has as
natural gift for the accumulation of the
almighty dollar as has John sherman. and
his friends say that had he devoted him
self to business instead of law he would
already he many times millionaire. He
comes by his money making faculty HON
estly. His patcrnal grandfather, Nc. 3
Villas, owned an 500 acre farm in Yer
mont and left n fortune when he died,
and his maternal grandfather, Nathan
Smiley, was the Ben Franklin Of his sec
ton. lie was sharp, shrcwd and fun Of
wise sayings. and the democrats ran him
so often for governor Of Vermont that,
though he was never elected, he came to
be known as Governor Smiley. He made
fortune out of his sagncity, and Villas
father was in good circumstances when he
went to Wisconsin.
William Z. Villas himself received
something Of Il start from his father and
his natural ability allied to his Yankee
tendencies have taught him TO invest the
big fees he has made lie has for years
been one of the best lawyers Of the north
west, and for some time has devoted him
self largely to railroad and corporation
law. He got Il big thing cut of the North
western railroad, whose business he did
for some time before lie became poStmas-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-20
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
To a Gallant Soldier, the late Capt.
John Carlin.

To a Gallant Soldier, the late Capt.
John Carlin.
The comrades Of Andrew Mathew Post
No. II G. A. r., of ParkerSburg, at re-
cent session listened to q most eloquent
tribute by Comrade ]. G. Fields to the late
Commander, Capt. John Carlin. In the
course of his tribute Comrade Fields said
~ do not mourn the loss of John Carlin
from our ranks. To do so would be selfish
in the extreme, for if there be heaven as
bright as pictured, he is far happier there
than he could be here. He is removed
from the hiss Of the bullet, the sabre's
swish and the hideOus shrek ofthe shells Of
time. could not recall him if would, and
would not if in my power to do, for thinking
as he thought, he is in the full enjoyment
of enhancing bliss. / feel that in this Oc-
currenCe a mutual gain has been made.
Heaven has secured another angel and our
cOmrade permanent home, where the
myrtle of eternal love is intertwined with
the laurel of victorious life-the oak of
bravery and the rose of glory TO form a
wreath for all deserving ones. In ages
hence he, who, in the search for epitaphs,
tears the brambles from the stone Of our
cOmrade may we'll exclaim: Here lies a
man, soldier of the Republic of America
the grandest thought that can he placed
to the memory Of an American citizen"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-20
ResoIutIon. of Respect.

WHEREAs:-We have learned of the
death of Maj. J. c. Covell, late Principal
of the w. Va. School for the Deaf and the
Blind, therefore,
ResOlred, That we greatly deplore his
loss to the Institution over which he pre-
sided with such universal acceptability
that in his death, we recognize the loss OF
a friend worthy of the fullest confidence
and an official of marked ability and adap-
tation to his duties which he always per
formed with a faithfulness and efficiency
unexcelled.
Resolred, That we extend to his widow
and children our sympathy in their deep
aflliction.
ResoIred, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be forwarded to Mrs. Covell by the
Secretary, and that the South Branch Iatel-
ligeRcer, Hampshire Rerieio, Wheeling Intel
Hgencsg and WHEELING REGISTER he re-
quested to publish these resolutions.
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POINTS ON PEOPLE.
Movements Of Citizens and the Coming
and Going Of Strangers.

Movements Of Citizens and the Coming
and Going of Strangers.
S. w. Bailey and B. F. Smith, of Hunt
ingtOn, were at the Mcclure yesterday.
Mrs. John Meyers, of Milwaukee, Wis,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah Mendel,
on Twelfth street.
Mrs. Chas. Cochran, of Allegheny, Pa,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Reed, of Fifteenth street.
Mr.. Albert Whitaker is off on tour Of
the Northwestern cities, during which he
will spend several days at st. Paul.
President G. w. Thompson, of the Ohio
River road, was in the city Saturday. He
reports that the caSsions for the TT. Pleas
ant bridge are down, and that work is pro-
crossing in the most satisfactory manner.
Capt Hood, of Austria, was registered
at the Mcclure on Saturday. He was here
comforting with Senator Camden and
Judge Fleming in relation to some bnsi-
ness matters. All left Saturday evening
for Chicago.
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Lemon, aged 1S years, and Charles Adkins:
aged % years. They were hoeipg corn ano
got into q dispute about a pair OF gloves
Lemon accused Adkins Of stealing his
gloves, whereupon Adkins gave him the
id lie and Lemon struck him on the
head with his hoe. Lemon immediateiy
went for DR.. 0yerton, who examined tne
wound and found the skull fractured. Ad-
kins is living at his home In q critical con-
dition, and the doctor has but little hope
of his recovery. Lemon is now In jail.
BAD ACCIDENT.
Mrs. William Sharp, of Elk, Greenbrier
county, a lady about rs years of age, was
found lying in the road enc day last week,
where she had either been thrown or fallen
from her horse, with her thigh badly
broken near the hip joint She cannot
tell how the accident occurred. She had
been to the store, mile or two from her
home, and was returning. Her age and
the seriousness of her injury make her
recovery very doubtful.
FATALLY INJURED.
Last Thursday James Hudspeth, iged %,
was running cars of slate out OF Quinni-
mont mines, when the brake on car
failed to hold it. Seeing that it was I'M
comfortable he jumped for his life over q
precipice twenty feet high, fracturing his
right thigh and causing internal injuries.
STATE NOTES.
They are talking of lighting Fairmont
by electricity.
There was big row at Blennerhassett
Island, last Sunday.
From all over the country comes the
cheering news of an excellent wheat crop,
which will be harvested in few days.
An Indian grave was recently opened on
the farm of s. C. Jones, in Lewis county,
and beneath twenty-five wagon loads OF
stone the remains of an Indian was found.
The teams at work on the new railroad
at Holidays Cove, Hancock county, were
idle last week, the owners having demand
ed increase pay. They were paid $3.50
per day for each team and wanted 81.
The demand was not granted, and they
went to work again at $3.50.
J. T. Gibson, of Huntington, while
trimming tree in his dooryard on We'd
nesday, discovered the nest of catbird
from which was protruding q piece of
money. Upon examination it proved to
be one dollar hill in excellent condition.
The bird will be encouraged to build
other nests.
Isaac Butcher of Skin Creek, Lewis
county, reports fine developments in the
well he is boring on the Kanawha. In
going down 1875 feet they passed through
II feet of fine camel coal, % feet of first
class fire clay, and fine prospects for oil
and gas, having gotten small quantities Of
oil in several pockets.
Mr.. M. J. Ford, Of Middlefork, Upshul
county, student Of the Buckhannon
Academy, was quite severely shocked by
lightning one day last week. II seems
that Mr.. Ford was sitting at q window
when the lightning struck post near the
house. Had Mr.. Ford not lowered the
window when he did, the shock would
have undoubtedly killed him. Miss Lena
McWhorter, daughter of DR.. j. M. Nc.
WhOrter, of the same town, alss received
severe shock by lightning one night last
week. She was riding horseback, return
ing from a singing school, when the light
ming struck tree near by, the shock be
ing 80 severe that she fell from her horse
apparently lifeless.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-20
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs WinslOw's Soothing Syrup fol
children teething, is the prescription o.
oneof the best female nurses and physicians
in the United States, and has been used
for forty years with never failing success
by millions Of mothers for their children.
During the process Of teething its value il
incalcuable. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, grip
ing in the bowels, and wind collie. By
giving health to the child it rests its
mOtnsS. Price 25e bottle.
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HOw'S THIS?
Will the Committee on Invitation of the
Reunion Explain?

Will the Committee on Invitation of the
Reunion Explain?
The following appeared in Saturday 8
issue OF the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
il having been sent TO that journal by a
member of the IntelliqencG staff, who is
supposed to know what is going on among
the Union veterans Of the late war, and the
story thus bears on its face, TO some minds
the element of probability:
WHEELING,W W. VA, June IS Special
The annual meeting of the Society OF
the Army of West Virginia Is to be held
here this year. General Sherman, General
Sheridan, ex.President Hayes, General
Crooks, General Rosecrans, and all the
leaders in the campaigns in the Virginias
have signified their intention to be present.
A tent with seating capacity for twenty
five thousand has been purchased by
the citizens, and preparations are
making to entertain sixty Thousand
visitors at least. Though the reunion does
not occur till August, efficient committees
are already at work, excursion rates have
been secured and the State Fair grounds
rented. 1t is the purpose TO make this
the biggest reunion ever seen. One fea-
ture will be chorus of one thousand
voices, with accompaniment by an orches-
ira of one hundred pieces, which will rem
der all the stirring patriotic war songs.
A prominent West Yirgnian holding Office
at Washington volunteered to secure the
presence of President Cleveland, but the
committee responded, "No, thank you"
The gratuitOus insult to President
Cleveland, contained in the concluding
lines of the above telegram, has aroused
the righteous indignation of large num-
Der of our citizens, irrespective Of political
affiliations, and unless the Committee on
Invitation of the Reunion promptly dis
claims any responsibility for the matter,
the result cannot but be injurious to the
great gathering here In August, which
every one has, 40 far, delighted in pro-
noting. That the committee sent any
such word TO Washington City we can
not for moment believe, for
its membership is made up of gentlemen
noted for their common-sense; and
this unbeliet is strengthened by the indig-
nant protests of veterans, voiced since the
receipt of the Commercial Gazette Saturday
night. The mass of our citizens have not
the intense hatred for the Chief Executive
implied in the words, "No, thank you"
as above written, and the slur thus cast at
Mr.. Cleveland is at the same time an in
suit to the citizens Of Wheeling and re-
Election upon the veteran soldiers Of the
Army Of West Virginia. Immediate steps
should, and we have no doubt will, be
taken to repudiste this expression, and
clear the skirts of the Committee on Invi-
tation Of the Islander. The Reunion cannot
stand such a dash of cold water at this
time.
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BELLAIRE.

A great many of the boys who like to
indulge in the amber fluid took Saturday
afternoon and evening for indulgence, and
as consequence several small fights &C.
Cured. About o'clock smuggling match
occurred on Union street between two
chaps, and before the affair wound up six
or eight fellows participated. Several OF
the contestants were locked up and more
will be arrested to-day. Later in the
evening another scrapping match occurred
on Belmont street, but it did not amount
to much. About 8 o'clock the City Mar
shall was summoned to the Stamping Com
pany to subdue some fellows who were
punching each Others heads, but when
the officer arrived no one could be found.
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Brace 6R.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite
is poor, You are bothered with Headache,
yon are fidgety, nervous, and generally out
of sorts, and want to brace M. Brace up,
but not with stimalants, spring medicines,
or bitters, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whisky, and which s3imnlate
you for an hour, and then leave you in .
worse condition than before. What You
want is an Alternative that viii purify your
blood, start healthy Setioa Of Liver and
Kidneys, restore your vitality, and give
renewed health and strength. Such a
medicine you viii find in Electric Bittsrs,
and only 80 cents bottle at Logan 4 Co s
Drug Store.